1: October 27th: 1:50 PM A Wizard of Oz family.

2: 1:58 PM Greek Gods: Medusa, Poseidon (Neptune), Zeus, Grecian Goddess.

3: 1:59 PM On the left is Shiny Chariot, Little Witch Academia. The yellow triangle is Bill Cipher. He won in the Construction category. He also showed up for the parade.

4: 2:00 PM A pink princess and penguin.

5: 2:07 PM This was the On Wheels category.

6: 2:11 PM This may have been the Traditional category? The little girl is in a Squishmallows Sketlana the Skeleton costume.

7: 2:11 PM Marjorie Taylor Greene's claim is true. Here is the culprit: "I am the Democrat who controls the weather"

8: 2:13 PM The Family category.

9: 2:19 PM The Infant category. The snail won. Extracted for the next picture.

10: 2:19 PM The snail that won the Infant category.

11: 2:23 PM ? category.

12: 2:25 PM Same category as before.

13: 2:34 PM Mom is Merida, the main protagonist of the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave. With the sash saying "Enchanted." When she was a princess she wore a turquoise dress. The rest of the time she wore white tights and brown shoes, like her daughter is wearing. But with a dark teal dress, and not the red sequin seen here.

14: 2:35 PM Bill Cipher, at right, won in the Construction category.

15: 2:46 PM On my walk up 3rd St.

16: 2:48 PM 491 3rd St.

17: 2:48 PM 491 3rd St.

18: Now Halloween Day: 3:33 PM 480 1st St. The problem with those cobwebs, besides the plastic waste, is leaves stick to them big time. And sticky to pull off.

19: 3:40 PM Heap's Ice Cream, new to the neighborhood and new to the ice cream business. His jar with treats is way too small. They will learn.

20: 3:46 PM Rara and Kiki, Little Twin Stars from the Japanese company Sanrio.

21: 3:47 PM Big Top Tiny Terror Scary Clown Costume, Catwoman, Werewolf and Father Death Ghostface Scream mask.

22: 3:51 PM Joe Rydell along with Andrea of Little Things Toy Store.

23: 3:53 PM Shelley and Mitch from Little Things Toy Store.

24: 4:05 PM Butterflies and a skeleton.

25: 4:07 PM Two Beetlejuices.

26: 4:09 PM Inflatable Sumo Wrestler.

27: 4:09 PM Little skeletons.

28: 4:12 PM A green cat and Neon Chaos Clown costume from Spirit.

29: 4:17 PM Sending the kids off to space, with some Wizard of Oz characters.

30: 4:22 PM Cleopatra, a cat, Daddy's Lil Monster costume, and The Joker.

31: 4:23 PM Cosmic Brownies, a chewy, chocolatey brownie and fudge icing topped with vibrant candied chocolate chips. With Hatsune Miku.

32: 4:26 PM Octonauts.

33: 4:28 PM The roach infested restaurant received a rating of C.

34: 4:30 PM Mario, lab technician, doctor and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

35: 4:31 PM Ernie and Bert from Seasame Street.

36: 4:32 PM Heinz Tomato Ketchup and Yellow Mustard.

37: 4:40 PM Space aliens.

38: 4:44 PM The Fintstones: Fred, Wilma and Pebbles.

39: 4:46 PM The parents are Laurie Myers and Michael Myers from the slasher film series Halloween. The children? The girl could be Judith Myers.

40: 4:47 PM Darth Vader and a Star Wars Tie Fighter, which typically attacked short-range in swarms. Parents are Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker.

41: 4:49 PM A cat, a fisherman, and two little bats.

42: 4:53 PM Mom is wearing a shark hat. The girl in back is in a Mal Evie Jacket. In front is Mal of the Descendants franchise. Note the dog is wearing glasses.

43: 5:02 PM Another Beetlejuice.

44: 5:04 PM Papa Gnome, the Evil Queen, a Disney character. Then a pirate wearing a buccaneer scarf, and carrying a sword. In front is Minecraft Steve in Netherite Armor and a Ninja costume from Spooktacular Creations.

45: 5:05 PM A Jetpack inflatable costume from Spirit Halloween.

46: 5:06 PM Two Chucky costumes. In the background is a Storybook Queen costume from Spirit. She's holding a card for "Qu is for Queen."

47: 5:09 PM Sam, the main protagonist in Trick 'r Treat, with a boy in an inflatable alien costume.

48: 5:12 PM Two cowgirls and French Fries.

49: 5:16 PM Beast from Beauty and the Beast.

50: 5:18 PM ? The one on the left could be a fallen angel. She has black wings. The one on the right could be a hooker. But with hair curlers?

51: 5:19 PM There was a group of young girls singing and dancing by the side of Pinkberry. The two girls in matching costumes are Anne Boleyn.

52: 5:19 PM A spaceman going into outerspace. Mom is the outerspace.

53: 5:22 PM Victor Van Dort, the main protagonist of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

54: 5:23 PM The group that was singing by Pinkberry with their friends.

55: 5:23 PM La Muerte, a major character in The Book of Life. With Alice in Wonderland.

56: 5:24 PM Pepper and salt. They should switch sides.

57: 5:29 PM A mixed group. From left to right: a zombie, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, a player from the Brooklyn Sluggers Academy, Michael Myers, and Skeezy the Killer Clown Mask by Deja Boo.

58: 5:31 PM Two vintage Russian / CCCP Red Star gas masks with the filters missing. Good thing, as the filters contained chrysotile or crocidolite asbestos. The dress on the left is a MUXXN Contrast Collar Button Detail Fold Pleated Belted Church Dress from Shein.

59: 5:33 PM Gas mask and Berndorfer Helmet.

60: 5:34 PM Two inflatable dinosaurs from Spirit in lime-green. In Toy Story, Rex the dinosaur has lime-green skin. They are wearing the gloves and shoe coverings, and not collecting treats.

61: 5:43 PM Now four dinosaurs. The orange are T-Rex. The prior two were only nine minutes earlier. If only I could have had all six together...

62: 5:44 PM The first is ? A Scream in the middle. Then a skeleton mask.

63: 5:53 PM First is Candy Land. Then Cinderella. Next is likely a witch. Then a gold cat holding a Japanese Lucky Fengshui Cat (Maneki-neko). The gold for wealth. The last in a Disney Princess Icon Snow White dress.

64: 6:05 PM Inflatable Garfield costume from Spirit Halloween.

65: 6:05 PM Candy Land.

66: 6:10 PM First is Princess Peach in Nintendo's Mario franchise. Then a raindeer. Lastly, a scarecrow? wearing a Poncho Pikachu cape.

67: 6:17 PM The house on the SW corner of 1st St and 8th Ave. Each year the tenants (in a rental building) run a haunted house. It hadn't started yet.

68: 6:28 PM 493 1st St stoop.

69: 6:37 PM ? and Venetian Pierrot Moon Mask.

70: 6:41 PM Monster Mask (looks like Chicken-of-the-Woods mushrooms) and Stay Puff Marshmellow Man.

71: 6:42 PM A house on 3rd St.

72: 6:56 PM Homemade Candy Crane Claw machine.

73: 6:58 PM LED Single Color Stick Man Costume from Glowy Zoey with added pixel eyeglasses and plastic nose.

74: 7:00 PM Lenny Shiller, along with Randy Karr, lead the parade in a 1958 Ford Fairlane.

75: 7:00 PM The ? Band.

76: 7:01 PM The Park Slope Civic Council banner. Ron Weiss, secretary of the PSCC, is at the right.

77: 7:01 PM Butterfly wings.

78: 7:02 PM "If lost, please return to Schrödinger. Caution: Both Dead and Alive!"

79: 7:02 PM A colorful train. With a bell instead of a whistle.

80: 7:03 PM Back to the parade.

81: 7:03 PM A ghostwriter. "Ghost Writers For Hire! References? Call Drake."

82: 7:04 PM Spooktrum Classic. Spectrum Classic is a portable volleyball set.

83: 7:04 PM Two homemade sea creatures costumes. Could be Baby Sharks.

84: 7:05 PM Beetlejuice again.

85: 7:05 PM Another pose for Beetlejuice.

86: 7:05 PM A family of Vikings. Infant with an Amanita muscaria mushroom pillow with feet. Likely home sewn.

87: 7:05 PM Poseidon/Neptune with trident and carrying an Oscar Meyer hot dog.

88: 7:05 PM Yet another Beetlejuice. This time with Lydia Deetz, his best friend.

89: 7:06 PM A group supporting Proposition 1, promoting various rights.

90: 7:07 PM Bagpipers.

91: 7:07 PM

92: 7:07 PM Two ghosts.

93: 7:08 PM Real Black Mayonnaise dredged from the Gowanus Canal.

94: 7:08 PM A rocket with two astronauts.

95: 7:09 PM Inflatable elephant costume from GOOSH.

96: 7:09 PM A homemade mask of the Devil.

97: 7:10 PM Art the Clown dressed as Santa Claus. In Terrifier 3 (2024) he uses this to enter a home and murder the children and parents.

98: 7:11 PM ? with dog. Or some character?

99: 7:15 PM 10 ft. Tall Inflatable Clown Arch on 3rd St. From Home Depot.

100: 7:16 PM Butterfly wings open. Dad is a skeleton, Mom is ? (The Phantom of the Opera mask was on the other side.) In front: Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, Mario, Anna from Frozen, Batgirl, Black Panther and Batman.

101: 7:16 PM Then the butterfly wings closed to protect the little ones.

102: 7:17 PM Areaway at 410 3rd St.

103: 7:18 PM 3rd St.

104: 7:18 PM 3rd St.

105: 7:20 PM Oops. I took the inflatable elephant again. And it was only 11 minutes between the pictures.

106: 7:21 PM A woman wearing a Jesus vest (who she?) along with rain.

107: 7:22 PM Bill Cipher also came to the parade.

108: 7:22 PM A fellow came all the way from Springfield, IL to tell us that he does eat dogs, cats + pets.

109: 7:24 PM A Viking family

110: 7:25 PM A dislocated skeleton.

111: 7:26 PM In front of The Old Stone House was a band and small children dancing.

112: 7:34 PM 385 3rd St was still using their delivery tubes from the pandemic.

113: 7:35 PM 393 3rd St. 3.5 ft. Inflatable Window Crasher Ghost.

114: 7:35 PM Monkey skeletons climbing a tree.

115: 7:36 PM A foggy graveyard on 3rd St. Several homes had fog machines. Now for sale like everywhere.

116: Next Day: 2:01 PM 591 3rd St. The one at the right is the best. Taken with my inexpensive cellphone.

117: The Day After That: My tenants tried their hands at carving a couple pumpkins. When they grew up, their home countries were not yet into pumpkin carving. There is a projector behind the window.